A friend of mine was
crossing the street
in East Hollywood
when he was struck
by a car and killed
***
They tell me that,
at the time, he’d
been wearing a
“Who farted?” T-shirt.
***
And that, for me,
somehow made it worse.
***
Because if movies have
taught me anything—
***
the clothes you die in
are the clothes you’ll
wear for all eternity.
***
So now, not only
will he never
know who farted,
but he’ll be
forever asking.
.
t r e f o l o g y 
Tragic.
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And yet, it could have been more tragic, it could have been me!
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That’s true. Always look on the bright side
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LOL! Oh, dear. :D
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Eh. Better that than his “I’m With Stupid” t-shirt.
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LOL Grundtal
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Ooops, that last comment…. I was searching for that at Ikea, so it was on my clipboard. Then, I thought I copied this face: 🤣 to go on my last comment. But it was Grundtal instead. LOLOLOL And I hit send before I realized what I’d done. LOL
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Funny, Kymber, because I looked it up, and tried to make sense of it as a metaphor or something. Haha. Thanks for the laugh.
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LOL If only
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You’re not going to believe this, but that last comment wasn’t supposed to be sent yet. I was in the middle of typing when my cat Cesare walked across my laptop. He sent it. I’m having quite the night. LOLOL
What I was trying to say was, if only I was that clever. LOL
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In Ikea speak, that is so fyrkantig!
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Hahahaha 🤣🤣
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It was Fate that farted.
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They say you can’t escape it.
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Good to know. From now on, whenever I’m feeling deathly ill, I shall wear silly shirts.
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OK, but I plan on getting my photo taken with Abraham Lincoln, so I want to look good. As I get older, more and more, I find myself asking, “Would Lincoln like this shirt?”
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He should accept that it was probably just him.
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Betsy, I tell you, it was always him.
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Haha! Toot!
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Interesting poetical reflection!
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Thank you, Luisa!
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You’re more than welcome 🙏
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Good one, Geo. The Left Coast Existentialist Noir-Humor Movie Academy taught you well.
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You know, people are always saying that. Thanks, E Sum.
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People always agree with me about your good ones. Of course, there are other schools of thought regarding the wearer of the t-shirt. For instance, Academy of Afterlife Motion Picture Arts and Sciences thinks the wearer of the t-shirt may himself be the answer to the question on the shirt,
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Maybe he can go to the Eternal Clothing Shop and swap for another shirt.
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Funny enough about that store, for an Eternal Clothing shop they keep very short hours. How many times can I get the “Sorry, we missed you!” sign in one eternity? Billions, apparently.
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[…] The question — t r e f o l o g y […]
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Thanks, David!
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Disturbing in both atmospheric and metaphysical senses.
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I get it. Thanks, B
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Seriously, are you telling me we don’t get a wardrobe change? Now I will never figure out what to wear every day. Can you imagine all the folks floating around up there in those horrible blue gowns with their butts flapping in the wind?
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Haha That’s true. Like the saying goes, Dress like it is the only thing you are going to wear for all time. Thanks, SPP
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How sad to lose your friend that way. I’m glad his shirt didn’t say pull my finger too!lol
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Haha I hadn’t thought of that angle, but I can see how an eternity of that could get tiresome. Thanks, D
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At least he wasn’t wearing a “In Truss We Trust” tee-shirt (see ever-revolving door of UK Prime Ministers)
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If her only fan is in the after-life, then that still counts as a fan. Take ’em as you can get ’em.
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*face palm* Oh my trefology!
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Haha Thanks, Janny
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Lol! very funny!
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Thank you, Carol
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I choose my wardrobe very carefully every day for exactly that reason.
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Oh my goodness, is this a true story?
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To quote another George “It’s all in the mind.” Thank you, Christina
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Hummm 🤔🤔 now my mind is thinking lol
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Hahaha! This is sooo good. The movies always do that, don’t they? The clothes you wear on your expiry date are the ones you’re stuck with for eternity…
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I shudder to think of what would happen if I died in the bathtub. Can’t I, at least, bring a towel? Thanks, SS
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Id be happy to go out wearing the T
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